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Thank you for the warning. I'll definitely be very careful when I
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> Dear Yue,
> Have you contacted the stage manufacturer? Most motorized stages
> can accept plates but you may need to buy an adapter from the
> manufacturer. Be aware that the distance between the bottom of the
> plate and the plate's plastic skirt is a few millimeters and varies
> between plate brands, and styles within a brand. The skirt requires
> that you bring the object lens so far up to reach the bottom of the
> plate that the stage can strike either the imaging lens or an
> adjacent lens, especially when someone else gets on the system with
> a slide or dish. If the stage maker does not offer a plate holder
> that will lower the plate's position to reduce the problem, but you
> can usually buy a solid blank insert which can be taken to your
> local machine shop.
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> regards,
> Glen
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> Core for Communication Research
> Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
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> On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:40 AM,
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>> Hello everyone,
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>> We have a Leica SP5 X confocal microscope. We are planning to image
>> 96-well plates on it. But so far I haven't found anything to fit
>> the plate on the stage.
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>> I'm wondering anyone on the list has experiences with this kind of
>> experiment. Any suggestion is welcome.
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>> Thank you!
>>
>> Yue
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